Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 34 Incorporating Liu Zeqing's Army

Outside Jinan City.

Liu Zeqing's [-] troops held silver coins and laughed non-stop.

Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also personally brought some officials of the Ministry of War to set up a few tables of wine and food outside the city, drinking with these generals.

A group of military officers did not expect that the big bosses of the military department who had always had their noses upside down would treat them like this, and none of them refused.

At this time, the First Guards Army and the Second Guards Army had already surrounded them.

After one person whispered a few words in Li Banghua's ear, Li Banghua also found an excuse and retreated into the city.

As soon as the city gate was closed, Li Banghua directly ordered the firing of cannons, and the entire outside of Jinan city was filled with killing sounds.

The First Guards Army and the Second Guards Army swept from the left and right wings like huge waves.

Liu Zeqing's officers and soldiers were immediately at a loss and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Some officers and soldiers couldn't help looking at the general, who knew that the general was already drunk and unconscious at this time.

……

Here, Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty came out from behind the screen, and looked at Liu Zeqing who had been hacked to pieces on the ground with a stern expression.

Even though he was mentally prepared, he felt a little nauseated, especially the pungent smell of blood.

But sometimes if you want to rise in this chaotic world of cannibalism, you have to go through such a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

"Follow me to the city!"

After Zhu Youjian gave Li Ruolian an order, he hurried out of the chief envoy's office.

As soon as he arrived at the top of the city, Zhu Youjian saw that Liu Zeqing's [-] troops outside the city had been surrounded by his own first guard army and second guard army.

"How is the situation now?" Zhu Youjian asked Li Banghua.

Li Banghua hurriedly replied: "Return to Your Majesty, I have surrounded the [-] troops with the First Guards Army and the Second Guards Army. Liu Zeqing's general Li Huajing's intention to break through has been repelled by our army, and Li Huajing has also been killed!"

Zhu Youjian nodded after listening, and took Liu Zeqing's head from Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyiwei Commander, and went up in one fell swoop:
"Soldiers! I am the emperor Zhu Youjian! Don't panic. I know that you were deceived and coerced by the traitor Liu Zeqing. Now that the traitor Liu Zeqing tried to kill the king, I have personally killed him. If you are willing to surrender I, I can guarantee that I will not blame you for past crimes! But if you dare to continue to rebel, I will definitely kill you, including your wife and children!"

With that said, Zhu Youjian threw Liu Zeqing's head down.

Immediately, these officers and soldiers of Liu Zeqing saw the commander's head and backed away a few steps in fright.

At this time, Zhu Youjian had already put up a yellow canopy around him, the firearmsmen of the Second Guards Army also went to the city, the archers were also in place, and the muzzle began to be pushed out.

The infantry of the First Guard Army and the Third Guard Army on both sides had already raised their spears, and Liu Fangliang and Zhou Yuji led their soldiers at the same time, shouting to kill!kill!

Liu Zeqing's [-] officers and soldiers had already been scared out of their wits, so how could they dare to resist.

I don't know who shouted "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Immediately, all of Liu Zeqing's [-] officers and soldiers put down their swords and guns one after another, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with this in his heart, and looked into the distance with deep eyes. After a long time, he ordered Li Banghua, Minister of the Ministry of War, to reorganize Liu Zeqing's troops immediately.

So far, Liu Zeqing's threat has been completely eradicated.

From Shandong to Huaiyang, there is no longer any military threat.

However, Gao Jie from Xuzhou and Liu Liangzuo from Fengyang, Zhu Youjian had to be wary.

Once he arrives in the south of the Yangtze River, these two people will also suffer from elbow and armpits.

Especially Liu Liangzuo!

Gao Jie was originally Li Zicheng's general, but he had to surrender to Daming because Li Zicheng wore a green hat.

Therefore, it is impossible for Gao Jie to surrender to the Chuangjun, and of course it is impossible to surrender to Jiannu. Jiannu has always had zero tolerance for generals who were born as intruders.

The Jiannu who entered the customs cooperated with the big bureaucrats and big landlords of the Han people, and the reason why Jiannu won the favor of these big bureaucrats and big landlords was that their political purpose was to eliminate thieves. Jiannu couldn't tolerate Gao Jie and other generals who were born as robbers.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian decided to win over Gao Jie and eradicate Liu Liangzuo.

What's more, because most of Gao Jie's tribe came from thieves, they were quite effective in combat, while Liu Liangzuo had no combat effectiveness except for harming the common people.

Moreover, Liu Liangzuo is also the direct descendant of Ma Shiying, governor of Fengyang. If the officers and soldiers attached to the feudal officials do not get rid of them, I am afraid that he will not be able to control Ma Shiying.

Of course, there is no doubt that Zuo Liangyu from Huguang also needs to be eliminated. This person has the background of the Donglin Party. If he is an emperor in the south of the Yangtze River, if he does not get rid of this person, it will be impossible to control or even eradicate the Donglin Party.

But Zuo Liangyu is the biggest force among the southern warlords, so it is not easy for Zhu Youjian to attack Zuo Liangyu's men now.

However, how could someone else be allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch, a person like Zuo Liangyu would always be a cancer if he stayed in Daming.

Ten days later, Liu Zeqing's 5 officers and soldiers were reorganized. Except for the 5 people who were eliminated and ordered to farm on the spot, Zhu Youjian only recruited more than [-] people into the Guards.

Right now Li Zicheng and Jiannu are fighting in the Gyeonggi area, and Liu Fangliang's tribe has been attached to Ming Dynasty, and the southern part of Beizhili, Shandong and Henan are still in the hands of Daming.

Although Zhu Youjian said that he wanted to rely on the Yangtze River's natural moat to fight hard in the south of the Yangtze River, he did not intend to just give up the land of the Central Plains that was still in the hands of Daming.

Although this area is mostly plains, there is no danger to defend, and it is the place of the Four Wars, but it can also be regarded as the strategic depth of Zhu Youjian's future defense against Jiannu.

After the work of reorganizing Liu Zeqing was over, Zhu Youjian held another court meeting.

This time, he determined the basic policy of the Central Plains to the north of the Yangtze River, and ordered Zhu Zhaoming, who is currently stationed in Baoding, to lead the military department as the governor of Beizhili, command all the soldiers and horses under his command, and command the military and political power. Shangshu Ni Yuanlu was the governor of Beizhili and assisted Zhu Zhaoming in handling civil affairs.

Zhou Yuji was appointed by Zhu Youjian as the governor of Shandong, leading the military and political affairs in Shandong, and Sun Shilun, the right servant of the military department, was the governor of Shandong to assist Zhou Yuji.

Henan is located between Zuo Liangyu's department in Huguang and Liu Liangzuo's department in Fengyang. Zhu Youjian couldn't intervene, so he had to order Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, to also be the governor of Henan.

Now is the time of war, Zhu Youjian decided to abandon the previous administrative system of suppressing military power with literature, not to mention that this strategic frontier requires the chief general to control the military and political power in order to coordinate forces to resist the enemy.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian directly asked military generals like Zhou Yuji and Zhu Zhaoming to oversee the military administration of a province, and civil officials who had never been good at fighting civil affairs as assistants.

In addition, let Zhu Zhaoming be the governor of Beizhili. Firstly, Zhu Zhaoming is now his righteous sister, and has a bloody feud with the intruders, and has experience in fighting slavery in border towns. In addition, she is Zhou Yuji's wife. Therefore, it is impossible for Zhu Zhaoming not to defend Beizhili, unless she wants her husband Zhou Yuji in Shandong to face Jiannu alone.

It is impossible for Zhou Yuji to sit idly by and ignore the war in Beizhili, and he will definitely lend a helping hand when it is time to lend a helping hand.

In this way, the entire North Zhili and Shandong can form a concerted defense as a whole.

Zhu Youjian, the emperor in the south of the Yangtze River, also consolidated his troops and horses more steadily, accumulating forces for the Northern Expedition.

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